Ezekiel 20:29:4Ezek.20.29.W4TAB
הַבָּמָ֔ה
habama
“the high place”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-MA
- Extended
- hah-bah-MAA
- IPA
- /hab.baːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the high place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA ha-ba-MA
- clause
va-o-MAR a-le-HEM MA ha-ba-MA a-SHER-a-TEM ha-ba-IM SHAM
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-le-HEM MA ha-ba-MA a-SHER-a-TEM ha-ba-IM SHAM va-yik-ka-RE she-MA ba-MA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מָה | māh} ‘what’ specifies the unknown referent, leading into habamah {הַבָּמָה | hab-bā-māh} ‘the high place,’ which serves as the object of the question.
Root and etymology
b-m-hbet–mem–heh
“elevation, high place”
In context — Ezekiel 20:29
And I said to them, "What is Bamah to which you are coming ?" So its name has been called Bamah up to this day.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 20:29, so the Hebrew word הַבָּמָ֔ה (habama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.29.W4.S1) and character.